Ruud Derwig has 20+ years of experience with software and system architectures for embedded systems. Key areas of expertise include (real-time, multi-core) operating systems, media processing, component based architectures, and security. He holds a master's degree in computing science and a professional doctorate in engineering. Ruud started his career at Philips Corporate Research, worked as a Software Technology Competence Manager at NXP Semiconductors, and is currently a software and systems architect at Synopsys.